It was an NSD yesterday (No Sewing Day). I spent all my fourth dimension inwards the yard, as well as in that location was a lot to do. First, I walked all around taking pictures of the latest blooming things. Let's start amongst the cherry trees, shall we?
The 1 on the left is a Black Tartarian. The 1 on the correct is a Bing. The Black Tartarian is our instant try. The get-go 1 nosotros planted died, as well as nosotros nearly lost the instant one. Our tree service guy was able to relieve it, but nosotros nonetheless had to hack close one-half of its limbs off. It's catching up, as well as thriving now.
These are the flowers on the Bing.
These side yesteryear side ones are the flowers on the Black Tartarian. They're kinda the same, but different.
We withdraw unlike varieties to pollinate 1 another. Sweet cherries are non self-pollinating. Of course, bee action is also necessary. I country yous this knowing total good that nosotros volition non larn whatever of the cherries. The birds as well as raccoons are merely every bit good fast for us.
Also, the clematis is making progress. More flowers are opening.
There are lots of flowers nonetheless left to open.
The tulips are looking good. I spent a skilful business office of the morning time pulling grass out of their whiskey barrel planter, which gave me terrible hay fever. I had to larn within as well as bargain amongst my olfactory organ earlier I could continue.
My furry friends joined me close that time.
Whoa, Smitty. Is in that location anything to a greater extent than meowvelous on a sunny 24-hour interval than a skilful dust bath?
Maybe if you're a dark cat, Sadie. Us cats amongst white furs on our feets as well as necks convey to live to a greater extent than purrudent inwards choosing where to roll.
This is a skilful identify to sit down though. It has the 3 C's, impurrtant to all cats: Calm, Clean, Cool.
He's sitting nether our Japanese Maple tree, which is all leafed out now. At this shout out for inwards the season, it has tiny carmine flowers hanging on the undersides of its branches. These are no larger than the caput of a pin, as well as the bees honey them. As I was standing there, I could hither the tree humming amongst bee activity.
So, so I got to work. First, I restored the Gracie Memorial Catnip Garden. You mightiness recall that Miss Gracie loved the catnip literally to death. She'd scroll on the tiny plants, crushing as well as killing them, as well as that's why nosotros erected the stone wall around it. The 2 kitties nosotros convey straight off are less exuberant inwards their loving.
Then I planted the 3 pots on our deck. They all convey the same plants.
The carmine is verbena. The xanthous are called "sundrops," as well as inwards the dorsum are some snapdragons.
This pot had some pansies growing inwards it from years gone by, so I left them lone as well as didn't give this pot whatever snapdragons.
There are also iv large pots lining the sidewalk that leads downwards to the greenhouse. Two of the pots convey disintegrated as well as volition withdraw to live replaced. The marigolds as well as the geraniums volition convey to hold off for that to tumble out earlier I tin sack establish them. In the other 2 pots, I planted dianthus. This e'er does good here, as well as eventually, it'll create total the whole pot.
In the final pot, I planted Gerbera Daisies. I honey these, but I never convey much success growing them. Maybe this volition live my year.
I variety of similar those pinkish ones on the correct amongst the messy hairstyles.
Finally, I planted some tarragon inwards the herb garden. If this doesn't practice meliorate this year, it may live the final tarragon I'll plant.
The occupation amongst the tarragon is that the plants start out every bit good modest to use. And so they don't endure the winter, so I convey a perennially too-small establish each yr when I supervene upon it. I'm giving it 1 to a greater extent than withdraw a opportunity this year, but grade my words.... In my culinary herb garden experience, I've also given upward on cilantro as well as dill. Both grow upward as well as larn to seed faster than I tin sack piece of work them. It makes to a greater extent than feel to purchase it inwards the grocery store.
So that was the fun business office of the day. The residuum of the 24-hour interval was spent pulling weeds as well as dead-heading things. We're expecting 1 to a greater extent than sunny 24-hour interval today, as well as I nonetheless convey a niggling fleck of weeding that I didn't larn finished yesterday. After that, I should convey some fourth dimension to sew. When Matthew left for piece of work yesterday morning, he told me non to permit the weeds win. To that I plead, no contest. The weeds won earlier nosotros ever got started.
Oh yes, as well as Mike reached the dealership inwards South Carolina yesterday. When I spoke amongst him yesteryear phone, he had the novel RV inwards tow as well as was headed to a campground on the beach. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 niggling later, he called me as well as gave me a Facetime tour of the novel rig. It looks merely similar the ones I showed yous inwards the pictures from my previous post, except the colors are different. We chose darker leather for the furniture, as well as I believe the dinette chairs are a unlike color every bit well. He texted me some images of the exterior. He wanted full-body pigment on this RV. The older ones, including ours, are covered inwards decals, which deteriorate over fourth dimension as well as expression terrible. This time...no decals...all paint. "Swoopy," is the give-and-take that comes to mind.
Here's the other side showing the front end door. You tin sack encounter the windows there. We'll convey to supervene upon 1 of them amongst a catio-friendly window. The catio requires a window that has a slide opening. These all tip out a few inches from the bottom, which volition non allow a truthful cat to go yesteryear through.
It's a relatively elementary as well as cheap fix, as well as so that volition live 1 of the get-go things to tumble out when he gets it home. You mightiness retrieve nosotros had to practice the same matter amongst our truck camper window. Here's a motion-picture exhibit of Himself lounging on his catio when nosotros took them to the lake final summer.
On that trip, nosotros discovered that having a window that opened upward rather than to the side meant that the hide wouldn't remain up. We improvised amongst a prophylactic spatula to concord the hide open. These are things 1 must practice for one's traveling cats.
So that's the update on the trailer. Mike made skilful fourth dimension getting dorsum to South Carolina. I think the furnish trip abode volition larn much slower.